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Hi-Tech Placement June 27, 1997 There's no shortage of positions for technical and leading edge professionals, as we know. But are you making the most of your potential? In order to check your marketability, it's probably worth visiting the Scientific Placement Inc site. By its own account, the company has been around since 1962 (when computers were the size of living rooms and used punched cards), so they doubtless know what's what in this sector of the job market. The specific areas they focus on are:
Interestingly enough, they recommend that high-tech candidates NOT follow the usual advice for resume format. As they point out: "The ideal resume advice for an engineer or programmer is different from that of a shoe salesman, secretary, or department store manager. Many of the traditional resume guidebooks give advice that would do more harm than good (example: limit your resume to just one page)." To this end, they have provided a useful Resume Workbook to help you create a technically-oriented resume. Hi-Tech Hiring June 26, 1997 A consulting firm that specializes in recruiting IT professionals said on Tuesday it expected a rosy outlook for high-tech hiring in the latter half of 1997. Citing positive economic conditions nationwide, RHI Consulting officials said they expected a 24 percent increase in hiring. The company surveyed 1,400 chief information officers across the country to collect the information on hiring projections. Twenty-eight percent of CIOs surveyed said they would increase personnel in the next three months, while only 4 percent said they would decrease staff, the company said. About 68 percent of those polled said they would make no change in their hiring practices. The most active hiring levels were expected in New England, with a 30 percent increase expected. Mountain and Pacific states can also expect a 28 percent increase in staffing activity, the survey said. RHI is part of Robert Half International. The site is easily-navigable, and contains career tips on a career in recruitment consulting, and has listings of job opportunities in a wide variety of areas. In addition, there's an invitation from CEO Max Messmer to join the RHI Consulting team.
State Employment Forecasts June 25, 1997 In addition to the voluminous data supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most (41 of 50) states offer localized employment trend projections. Here are the links to the state level data.
Non-Profits June 24, 1997 Since the 1980's, in most of the developed economies, there has been a shift of state resources away from welfare programs of all kinds. It has often been left to non-profit organizations - or charities - to fill those holes in the social safety net that have been created. It used to be that the non-profit sector was the realm of upper-class lady volunteers with blue-rinsed hair who perceived themselves as doing "good works". No longer. Today's non-profit sector is often as professional and efficient in its delivery of services as its "for-profit" counterparts. Non-profits are well represented on the Web, and can offer an excellent opportunity to acquire skills and experience which are equally in demand in the commercial sector of the economy. Some of the sources for locating non-profits are:
Very often, they will have openings displayed at their sites, or provide links to other organizations that do.
Job Hunting On The Internet June 23, 1997 According to a survey of 600 companies by the William Olsten Center for Workforce Strategies, about 1 in 5 companies in North America use Internet online services for recruiting. But the survey also found that nearly half of workers are hired through classified ads. The Internet is revolutionizing the way people look for jobs and the way companies look for employees: It's faster, cheaper and more comprehensive. This year, the number of job vacancies posted on the World Wide Web has exploded from tens of thousands to millions. America's Job Bank, an online job board from the US Labor Department , lists more than 500,000 positions at about 200,000 companies. Most cover middle management, with annual salaries from USD40,000 to USD100,000, from San Francisco to Sydney. Reduced cost and rapid response are cited as the two main advantages to employers.
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